Gift Economy Websites

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Goods[edit]

To give things away, consider the simplicity of the giveaway project. For more organised systems:

Focus Language(s) Website
Books English http://www.bookcrossing.com
Giving & getting free items worldwide English Freecycle + trash nothing!
Eliminating waste worldwide English http://freecycle.org
Sharing goods with neighbours English http://Neighborgoods.net
Offering and requesting local goods and services English https://kindista.org
ecobasa.org - gift-economy network for sustainable ways of living English, German, Spanish https://ecobasa.org
Helping Share consumer goods with friends (US) English http://actsofsharing.com
Consumer Goods (Australia) English http://www.freally.com
Cutting consumption through reuse English http://www.ReuseItNetwork.org
Cutting consumption through reuse French http://www.recupe.net
Giving not discarding items French http://donnons.org
Items German http://alles-und-umsonst.de
Items Slovenian http://www.podarimo.si

For help with dumpster diving/skipping, try http://trashwiki.org.


Services[edit]

Focus Websites
Skillsharing (international) http://justfortheloveofit.org
ecobasa.org https://ecobasa.org
Children & Environment (nonprofit) http://circleofchildren.org
Free Meditation Retreats (international) http://dhamma.org
Offering and requesting local goods & services https://kindista.org
ServiceSpace (nonprofit) http://servicespace.org
Khan Academy (Education) http://khanacademy.org
Not quite a gift economy, but going since 1999! (Invitation only) http://favors.org
All services (french) http://nonmarchand.org


Transport[edit]

Main Page: Free Transport

If you're ready to keep your back to the wind, see HitchWiki, recommended to both beginners and expert hitchhikers. For something more organised, there are many websites which put drivers and travellers in touch for free.

Focus Website
Puts drivers and passengers in touch http://www.HitchHikers.org
ecobasa.org - Go on Community-Tours https://ecobasa.org

Hospitality[edit]

Main Page: Free Hospitality

Many websites put hosts and travelers in touch for free. Although not the largest, BeWelcome.org is a legal non-profit in the spirit of the gift economy:

Focus Website
Hospitality BeWelcome
Hospitality Trust Roots
ecobasa.org - Directory of sustainable communities https://ecobasa.org

Information[edit]

These days, pretty much the whole internet is a gift economy. Commercial pay-per-view websites got crowded out by free alternatives :)

Focus Website
One Community Educational Platforms http://onecommunityranch.org
Open source Music http://opsound.org
General reference http://wikipedia.org
A good supplement to Wikipedia http://wikispooks.org
Leaked confidential documents http://wikileaks.org